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005: AI/Human Bonding, Hacking, and Jailbreaking with Andrew Mead

21 December 2025 28:35 Robert Moran

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About this episode

Listen in as we talk with Andrew Mead, Principal consultant at Vector Lab and host of the "AI News by the Vector Lab" podcast.


Andrew is a Machine Learning engineer focused on code generation and local AI.


In the episode he shares his knowledge about:


--AI & Human Bonding

--Character.ai and Noam Shazeer

--Shared history with the LLM

--System prompts vs Input prompts

--Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

--Summarizing a Chat and Starting Fresh vs Long Single Conversation

--Mental Health, Suicide

--Dropping F-bombs, Harmful Activity

--Guardrails that Benchmark LLM Safety

--Jailbreaks, Jailbreaking



Vector Lab is an AI consultancy that provides comprehensive AI resources to help you stay informed, implement solutions, and grow your business.


--Weekly AI news

--Expert consulting, and

--Practical guides for software engineers, business leaders, and AI enthusiasts.


Andrew received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from UMass Amherst. Prior to launching Vector Lab he worked at several tech companies including Amazon on the Alexa project. He is also an integral part of the team at Sundai.Club and their weekly AI Hackathons at MIT in Cambridge.




GUEST LINKS

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Newsletter Sign-up

https://vectorlab.dev/news/


AI News by the Vector Lab (Andrew's podcast)

https://open.spotify.com/show/7LKYxvGAGSj1pso4aklh9O


Vector Labs (Andrew's AI Consultancy)

https://vectorlab.dev/


LinkedIn profile for Andrew Mead

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmead10/


Sundai.Club (Weekly AI Hackathons at MIT)

https://www.sundai.club/




HOST LINKS

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Robert Moran

Boston, MA


LinkedIn profile

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobmoran/


Director Audience, Community, and Revenue

Howland, Gorham & Wolf Productions

E: Robert (at) hgandw.com




STATION LINKS

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Brookline Interactive Group (BIG)

46 Tappan St, Brookline, MA 02445

https//brooklineinteractive.org


BIG is an integrated media and technology education center and a community media hub for Brookline, MA and the region. BIG facilitates diverse community dialogue, incubates and funds hyperlocal storytelling, arts, journalism, media literacy, and technology projects, including Virtual Reality (VR), and serves over 500 youth and adults annually through innovative classes and partnerships.



BIG on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/brooklineinteractive/



The BIG Newsletter Archive

https://us13.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=7992ace09f245d6a5d4410c3f&id=d0ba9e849c






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